to Maymuna from charity. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: "Why did you not make use of its hide?" They said: "It is a carcass." He said: "Only eating it is prohibited." In another wording: "If only they had taken its hide and tanned it, then benefited from it." (Agreed upon). And because it only becomes impure due to the contact of blood and fluids with it upon death, and tanning removes that, thus the hide reverts to what it was during its lifetime.
Our evidence is what Abdullah ibn Ukaym narrated, that the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, wrote to Juhayna: "I had granted you a concession regarding the hides of the carcass, so when this letter of mine reaches you, do not benefit from a carcass in terms of hide or sinew." It was recorded by Abu Dawud in his "Sunan" and Imam Ahmad in
= and Imam Malik in: Chapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding Carcass Hides, from the Book of Hunting. Al-Muwatta 2/498. And with the wording: "Whatever hide is tanned, it becomes pure." It was recorded by al-Tirmidhi in: Chapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding Carcass Hides When They Are Tanned, from the Chapters on Dress. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 7/232, 233. And by al-Nasa'i in: Chapter on Carcass Hides, from the Book of al-Fara' and al-'Atira. Al-Mujtaba 7/153. And by al-Darimi in: Chapter on Benefiting from Carcass Hides, from the Book of Sacrifices. Sunan al-Darimi 2/85. And by Imam Ahmad in: Al-Musnad 1/219, 270, 343. Regarding the purification of carcass hides via tanning, there are many hadiths in the preceding books of Sunnah, as well as in other books. See: Musnad Imam Ahmad 1/227, 237, 262, 279, 280, 314, 327, 328, 365, 366, 372, 3/476, 5/6, 6/73, 104, 148, 153. (4) Extracted by al-Bukhari in: Chapter on Charity to the Dependents of the Prophet's Wives, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, from the Book of Zakat; and in: Chapter on Carcass Hides Before Being Tanned, from the Book of Sales; and in: Chapter on Carcass Hides, from the Book of Slaughtering. Sahih al-Bukhari 2/158, 3/107, 7/124. And by Muslim in: Chapter on the Purity of Carcass Skins via Tanning, from the Book of Menstruation. Sahih Muslim 1/276, 277. And by Abu Dawud in: Chapter on Carcass Hides, from the Book of Dress. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/386, 387. And by al-Tirmidhi in: Chapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding Carcass Hides When They Are Tanned, from the Chapters on Dress. Aridat al-Ahwadhi 7/234. And by al-Nasa'i in: Chapter on Carcass Hides, from the Book of al-Fara' and al-'Atira. Al-Mujtaba 7/151, 152. And by Ibn Majah in: Chapter on Wearing Carcass Hides When Tanned, from the Book of Dress. Sunan Ibn Majah 2/1193. And by al-Darimi in: Chapter on Benefiting from Carcass Hides, from the Book of Sacrifices. Sunan al-Darimi 2/86. And by Imam Malik in: Chapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding Carcass Hides, from the Book of Hunting. Al-Muwatta 2/498. And by Imam Ahmad in Al-Musnad 1/262, 327, 330, 365, 366, 6/329. See also: 1/227, 277, 327, 372, 6/334. (5) In [A] and [M]: "jā'akum" (has come to you). (6) In: Chapter on the Narrator Who Said That One Should Not Benefit from the Hide of a Carcass, from the Book of Dress. Sunan Abi Dawud 2/387. Likewise, it was recorded by al-Tirmidhi in: Chapter on What Has Been Reported Regarding Carcass Hides When They Are Tanned, from the Chapters on Dress. Aridat =
